Pastor Anthony is the founding pastor of Breakthrough Church, a new nontraditional church plant in northeast San Antonio that seeks to help people live abundantly in the freedom that is found in Christ.

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It is hard to believe how long it’s been since I walked the stage, graduating from high school. According to my kids, I graduated in ancient times, the year of our Lord, 1988. The idealistic, naive young man that received his diploma then had no idea what life had in store. During this graduation season, many […]
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Yikes! My daughter’s favorite entertainer is Nicki Minaj. Needless to say, when I hear my daughter speak on how awesome Nicki is and know that she knows the lyrics to all of her songs, I cringe. There are maybe two or three (edited) songs I don’t mind her listening to (see “Moment for Life” and […]
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Like most responsible parents, my mother spent considerable time teaching me to look both ways before crossing the street. At the time, my main concern was avoiding those big, speeding cars driven by crazy folks that wanted to hurt children (that’s what she called them). She taught me how to be smarter than those drivers, and to think ahead. I […]
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The summer draws near an end, and a new school year is upon us. I can’t help but reflect on a summer filled with what seemed like endless superhero movies. Back in my earlier years, a summer like this would have been as sweet as Peter Parker getting a love letter from Mary Jane. But averaging […]
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For the first time in years, I had the desire to attend a midnight premiere of a movie. I anticipated the release of The Dark Knight Rises for months and grew increasingly excited as the opening date drew closer. I convinced my wife and children to come along, and there we were, at a jam-packed theater, […]
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Father’s Day is one of the toughest days of the year for many people. It doesn’t matter if a person is 7 or 70, the acknowledgment of one’s father is either a joyous occasion, an empty one, or an all out struggle. The role of father is ambiguous if a father is absent physically or […]
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Up until recently, it had been a ritual for our family to dine out on Sunday afternoons. Now my wife cooks and we as a family are able to sit down together and enjoy each other’s company over a good meal. Though the food is good and the fellowship is good, it is also good […]
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Like most men, I am not a big fan of romantic comedies. I can bear with one every now and then because I am usually sitting next to the most beautiful woman in the theater (brownie points), but you generally won’t hear me making the selection. This past weekend turned out to be an exception. My […]
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Confession: I am not a fan of Easter. I absolutely adore Resurrection Sunday, the day we celebrate Jesus Christ being raised from the dead. Easter, on the other hand, is a commercialized, pastel splattered barrage of candy, colored eggs, and new clothes. Perhaps it is this last item that has me all Scrooge-like (I know, […]
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Recently I took part in a session on mentoring presented by the San Antonio chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The fraternity focuses on achievement and hosts a number of opportunities for young males to experience role models, especially African Americans, who are making significant contributions in various fields. The male participants ranged in age […]
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